BLE PAL PROGRAM

TACTICS:

    The purpose of the PAL program is to identify those managers that compared to their peers demonstrates more difficulty accomplishing job requirements relating to the employees and the work environment employees are expected to work in and around.

    The program is designed to give those managers the special attention necessary to become professional caring managers using acceptable people skills in their management techniques.

    The BLE PAL program should be a POSITIVE experience for employees, union officers, and managers.

    The following criteria should be used collectively when choosing managers for the program:

  1. Ability to fix unsafe conditions that can cause personal injuries.
  2. Complaints from employees.
  3. Problems relating to the employees.
  4. Management skills. (intimidation and harassment of employees)
  5. People skills.
    Each BLE Division will select a manager and provide the Local Committee of Adjustment the name for tracking purposes. The program will operate as follows:
  1. The Local Chairman will set up an initial meeting with the manager and discuss the purpose of the program, complaints from employees, previous management performance, and expected performance in the future. A letter will be sent to the managers immediate supervisor to document the problems leading up to the manager being selected as a BLE “PAL”.
  2. A Division officer will meet with the manager every two weeks to discuss progress.
  3. The Division officer will provide to the membership, either in writing or orally, an up date as to the progress, if any, of the manager at the monthly union meeting.
    At the conclusions of the 3-month program, a final evaluation meeting will be held with the manager. The Division will make a recommendation as to whether or not the complete file will be sent to the General Chairman for further handling or the Division can continue with the current manager or choose another manager for the program.

    Each Division, when circumstances dictates, will always have a manager in the program.